A comparison of the performance of various project control methods using earned value management systems

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Highlights：

• Two new project schedule control procedures using EVM are proposed: EVM-FPB and EVM-SNB.

• The effort spent by a project manager provides a functional distinction for the discussed project control approaches.

• The placement of control points in the project is inspired by critical chain/buffer management.

• Monte Carlo simulations are used to calculate tolerance limits for the control approaches and quantify their performance.

• The EVM-SNB approach is found to outperform the other project control approaches.

摘要

•Two new project schedule control procedures using EVM are proposed: EVM-FPB and EVM-SNB.•The effort spent by a project manager provides a functional distinction for the discussed project control approaches.•The placement of control points in the project is inspired by critical chain/buffer management.•Monte Carlo simulations are used to calculate tolerance limits for the control approaches and quantify their performance.•The EVM-SNB approach is found to outperform the other project control approaches.

论文关键词：Project management,Schedule control,Earned value management (EVM),Simulation

论文评审过程：Available online 11 December 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.12.007